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Newspaper Page Text. e-Q, " : POKTLAXD. OREGOX. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1912. PRICE. FIVE CEXTS. Jlj. XjIL - KJ. HILL'S ASSOCIATES PROFIT BY MOVES Millions Made in Ore for Stockholders. STEEL COMMITTEE QUIZZES Big Corporation "Scared to Death," Observes Magnate. W, WITH IRON LAND, GAY Rk-h TrfH Bought for Small Sum, leaned to Trust, Shareholder of Great Northern Benefit!. Says Rail Millionaire. WAFHIN'QTOV. Feb. It. Jamea J. HI1U chairman of tr board of tho Orat Northern Railroad, told tha Stanley steel trust Investigating com mittee today a atory of himself In tha rata of a philanthropist to tha Stock holders of tha railway company. Mr. Hill told how ho had bought proportion for mora than $4,000,000. turned thera ottr for that amount to the Lake Superior Company, limited, ns trustee for the railroad stockholder, and presented tha atockholdera with .rn rata certlfleatea for the Increased value of the property, which accumu lated rapidly and amounted to mil lions. Lease lae.atr4l Abeo. The railroad magnate waa ques tioned at length regarding tha lease of these ore lands to tha United Etatea Hteel Corporation for development, a Iran which tho corporation recently decided to cancel January 1. 11I. In this land there are estimated to be about 50O.0O0.00O tons of ore. which tha steel corporation Taluea at It a ton. -I wouldn"t take fl a ton for tha ore. said Mr. HUL The ore freight rata from tha Lake Superior reeen to the rttinnrr ,r trtct. which tha United States Steel Corporation recently reduced to tO rents a ton. Mr. Hll declared to be tha cheapest in tha country. Lower Rata fre dieted. -And It will be still lower " aaid he. "The neat rata will be cents." -Why did they cut the rater bo waa asked. -Why. I think the steel corporation Just pot acared to death." ha replied. -Tha fa all there waa to It." -But you got your royalty. Just the sameT asked Mr. Young. -Tea." -And when tha leaaa runs out you're a:ot tha ore?" -Tea." Mr. Hll replied. "What differ ence doea It make? Ill hare the ore and It doesn't go out of fashion and the Hra risk Is quite low Stockholder Re Beoeflta. r.eprrsentatlra Gardner asked tha wltneaa why he had turned over the properties to tha Lake Superior Com pany for the benefit of stockholders. "The trustea company paid ma what I raid for th property, a little over $4,000,000, with t per cent Interest." said Mr. HUL Those properties Im mediately took on considerable addi tional value and could make money for the stockholders. Thera waa nothing to conceal about It. Wherever I saw I could make money for tho atockhold era that way I did it." -Did the atockholdera of tha Great Northern Railroad pay anything to tha Lake Superior Company?- asked Mr. Gardner. latere! Art Gift. "These Interests were a gift to them." -Why did tb atockholdera cat thla ' gift?" asked Mr. Beall. -I got back all I had paid and tha atockholdera of th railroad sot the benefit of th additional ralue," aald Mr. 11.11. -If I could make money for myself. 1 could make It for the atockholdera. I waa In a measure dealing with myself. 1 bought the property to get control of the transportation of the or In the Ukt Superior region. Subsequent de velopments showed tha property waa worth much mora than $4,000,000. "I bought the properties as an Indi vidual." Mr. Hill continued, -because as a railroad company X do not think the Great Northern would hare th legal right to own and operate mines." Hill Derlaee Rights. -But you. as president, could own and operate mlnea and distribute the stock to the railroad stockholders?" asked Chairman Stanley. -Tea. or give it to the poor." said Mr. IIUL -Ton were party to the lease be tween the United States Steel Corpora tion and the Hill ore lands?" asked Stanley, the chairman. -I waa not a party to tba lease." said Hill.. , -What properties did you acquire on the Mesaba Range?" -Tho first waa property that came with tha Duluth Winnipeg, a bank rupt railway." -How much land waa there?" -About 1S.000 acres. That deal waa made In l0i." -What part of those lands was turned over to the United States Steel Corpora tion?" "I guess about 5000 acres. Whatever ICeaclvdcd e face s-t PRISONER FOR NINE YEARS IS INNOCENT I'RCKDOM COMES WHL REAL. CRIMINAL CONFESSES. roitlir Identification" f ex-Convict Leads to Reincarceration . of Blameless Californlan. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II. (Special.) John Ward, alias Jack Bodle. a vic tim of "posltlvo Identification" by the bewildered victim of a holdup In Wat sonvlll In 1903. Is to be released from San Queotln. after aervlng nine years of a 30-year sontence for a crime he did not commit and knew nothing about. Ward had served a term In stat prison and waa trying In Watsonvllla to live down his past. He was tha only known convict in the town and as such waa tha object of unpleasant In terest. Naturally, when a drunken townsman was "rolled" one night, tha ex-convict waa suspected. Tho police thought ho must be the man, aa a matter of course and they convinced the victim of tha robbery. "Positive Identification" followed, resulting In conviction. Meanwhile the real robber, arrested near the scene of the crime and found to be a resident of Watsonvllle and a man of good reputation, waa re leased without trial. Tear after year In San Quentln pris on. Ward haa been waiting, cherish ing a dying hope that something would happen to establish his Innocence. It has happened. After nine yeara of brooding remorse, the actual criminal after moving from Watsonvllle to San Francisco to try to forget tho conse quencea of his course, he confessed. Today Ward was told of thla. "It haa been a long wait," ho aald. quiet ly, "and I'm glad Ha over. I still have torn good yeara left." Ward's release probably will take place within a few days. MIXED MARRIAGES BARRED Germany Holds Unions in Samoa Pe trading to Whites. BERLIN. Feb. It Dr. Solf. the new Secretary of State for th Colonies, haa Issued an order forbidding for the fu ture all marriages between whites and natlvea In the two Samoan Islands be longing to Germany. Children of mar riages heretofore legally contracted will be regarded as of white birth, but offspring of th other unions customary la tha Islands will be classed among tha colored or native population. o.urr comes as a culmination of a long agitation against mixed mar riages. Into which a large proportion of the whit colonist and even of the Im perial officials In German Samoa have entered and which were tolerated and even protected by former administra tions In the Colonial Office. The institution la now regarded as a dar r to German prestige In the l!a. and even aa a menace to the future of the colony. According to th offiflal view point, white colonists Intermarrying with natlvea very often sink to tha lower cultural level of the aboriginal population, while the chil dren. Inheriting the bad qualities of both parents, form an undesirable ele ment of th population. PARENTS SEEJON DROWN Log Strike Boy Surf-Riding Near Cliff House. KAN FRANCISCO, Feb. It (Special.) When a log on which ha was surf riding turned, throwing him off and striking him on the head, little 1-year-eld Frank Wllkle, aon of F. A. Wllkle, was killed In the ocean near tha Cliff House yesterday afternoon while his mother and father witnessed the scene, powerless to save their boy. A few minutes before the accident Frank with two other lads of similar age towed the log out into the surf and waited -th Incoming of a big breaker. When the prospective breaker arrived Frank straddled the log and started In toward shore on the breast of th surf. He had proceeded only a few feet when the log turned, throwing the little lad under. When he struggled to the surface on end of the log struck him on th head, rendering him un conscious. With a cry he sank below the surface and Ms playmates ran to th shore. The elder Wllkle. who with his wife witnessed the catastrophe, rushed Into the water to save his son. When the boy's form arose to the surface the father grabbed up bla aon and rushed to tha shore. Every possible means of resuscitation was resorted to. but In vajn. MCLE REUNITES COUPLE Manicurist Can't See Hnsband'a Face, bat She Recognises Blemish. OAKLAND. Feb. 13- A plain wart like mole brought two loving hearts together In a local barber shop today when Mrs. IL V. Stapp recognised the hand she took to manicure as belong ing to the husband who left home a year ago, after a quarrel. Stapp. now a traveling salesman, did not see his wife when be called for a massage and a manicure. His wife did not notice him as ba entered, and as she drew up her table and bowl his fsce was con cealed under hot towels. -Harry." screamed the girl, with a burst or sobs, as she recognised the mole on the hand. Stapp. startled, emerged from the towels. In tho reconciliation that fol lowed even the most confirmed bar ber felt bis eyes grow moist. The 6 Lapps went home together. . I 1 PARTY'S NEUROTICS SCORNED BY TAFT President Breathes De fiance to Democrats. SPEECH MADE IN NEW YORK Party of Lincoln, Grant Fur nished History, Says Chief. NOVEMBER VICTORY SEEN Chief Executive Say He Has Little Time for "Political Neurotica" In Ranks of Republican Party. Day Is Strenuous. NEW TOBK, Feb. 12. President Taft brought his celebration of Lin colna blrthaay to a close here tonight with a political speech to the Repub lican Club In which he breathed de fiance to the Democratic party, de clared It was his belief that tho Re publicans would triumph next Novem ber, and made it plain that he had lit tle sympathy with those of his own political faith who call themselves "progressives." but who are "political emotionalists or neurotics" His speech came almost at the end of a strenuous day that took him to Newark and Orange. N. J., and gave him six hours In New Tork in which to attend the political dinner and drop In at banqueta of the Retail Drygoods Association and th Graduates' Club. Leaving for Washington tonight the President Is due In tha capital early tomorrow. Alaska New Eacearaartac. , While at the banquet of the Repub lican Club, the President received a telegram assuring him that two dele gates to the Republican National con vention from Alaska, pledged to sup port him had been elected today. Most of the prominent leadera of tha party In tha state were present at to night's banquet. Republican National Committeeman William L. Ward, who refused to attend the Presldent'a White House dinner to members of the Na tional committee last December, at tended tonight. President Taft came to New Tork from Newark, where he waa the guest at luncheon of ex-Governor Murphy. Republican Make Illatory. In his address before the Republican Club President Taft said In part: -Men praise Lincoln today and at tack the Republican party, altogether (Concluded on Page S- WE'VE GOT ( 1 j INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Minimum temperature. 60 degrees; maximum. 38 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; . sountheaattrly winds, t'oreiga. Germany mrbkls further mixed marriages In Samoa. Pace I. Centuiirs-old dynasty In China surrenders at laat. Page I. MieomI. Rous committee hears of deal whereby ilanna changed Panama policy. Page 3. Hill appears aa philanthropist when ha tella how he made mllllona for Great Northern stockholders In ore lands. Page 1. Pavmaater-General appears before House committee In Major Ray inquiry. Page 3. Taft breathes defiance to Democrats at Lln coln'a birthday dinner. Page 1. Sherwood "Sl-a-day" pension bill rejected oy Senate commute. . Page 2. Politics. Wood row Wilson urges reforms in business at Iroquois Club. Chicago. Page 2. Missouri Democrat solid tor Clark. Psg 4. Demesne. Mrs. Meta Blnelalr tires of life with tramp poet and returns borne. Page 8. Adrian Duff operatea raovlng-plctur ma china from Coffin's hydro-areoplane. Psgs 8. Arrest of M alleged dynamltera Is sched uled to take place today. Page 8. Madame Lillian Nordlca stricken with paralysis. Page 3. Sport. Carl Morris makea monkey of J Ira Stewart, Brooklyn heavyweight. Page T. Columbian outlaw baseball organise and grants eight franchises. page 7. Danny Shea save Jess Faker will lead Coast League pitchers. page 7. Castleton wante place as Bearer. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Tax commission proposes amendment thst may make income tax ballot iasue. Page 12. Mayor and City Council of Ertarada forget to tax town for 1912. Page 1. Grange leadera declare Wesfa roads bills are aure of defeat. Page 8. Summit View. Tacoma suburb, appeals to authorities to take leper Early, from midst. Page 1. Gay wedding feast held in garlanded barn near Vancouver. Page 8. No prospective candidates file to enter race ' for 2a state places. Page 12. Republicans through state eager to help renominate Taft. Page 6. Prominent Methodists organise to raise fund for Willamette University. Page 12. Grange prepares good roads bills opposed to those of West commission. Page 16. Commercial mud Marine. Captain of Rose City says women should meet steamers to direct women who travel alone. Page IT. , Idaho stock In fine condition. Page IT. Receipts at local yards heavy. Page IT. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Roland Dwlght Grant says Republicans only hope Is to renominate Taft. Page 11. T. B. Wilcox tells East Side business men to have whole city In view In working for auditorium. Page 11. Early decision of terminal problem in Port land expected. Page 10. Jury acquits Krasner of charge of placing wife in disorderly house. Page 10. Eugene F. Chafln likens Lincoln to Christ , as "man' of sorrows." Page Jo. SIR EDWARD IS HONORED Order of Garter Is Conferred Upon British Foreign Secretary. LONDON. Feb. 12. The King haa op polnted Sir Edward Grey Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a Knight of the Garter. This distinction haa been conferred upon Sir Edward Grey undoubtedly at the Premier's suggestion and Is con strued as the government's answer to the attacks, particularly on the part of th Liberals, on Sir Edward's foreign polio. THE CANAL, THEY'VE GOT THE CHINA'S EMPEROR ABDICATES THRONE Centuries-Old Dynasty Surrenders at Last. EDICTS PROCLAIM REPUBLIC Royal Manchus Will Retain Titles and Get Pensions. TERMS ARE COMPROMISE Pekin Greatly Relieved at Action of Throne, Which Urges " Peace in Sorely Beset Nation No Pro vision for Dr. Sun Made. PEKIN. Feb. 1!. After occupying the throne of China, for nearly three cen turies, the Manchu dynasty, represent ed by tho child Emporor, Pu Ti, abdi cated today. Three edicts were issued, the first proclaiming abdication, the second dealing with the establishment of tho republic and tho third urging the maintenance of peaoo and approving tho conditions agreed upon by tho Imperial premier. Yuan Shi Kal. and the republicans. At an audience yesterday, tho Em press Dowager thanked Yuan Shi Kal for his successful efforts In obtaining good treatment for the imperial fam lly from tho republicans. Pekln Greatly Relieved. Tho publication of the edicts has given profound relief to. everyone In Pekin, both foreigners and Chinese. The arrangement la considered a sat lsfactory compromise and It Is believed the terms will satisfy the republicans. The first edict provide that tho terras shall be communicated to the foreign delegations for transmission to their respective governments, , the object being to record world-wide th republican pledges. Republicans Make Pledge. The republicans make eight pledges to the Emperor, as follows: "First The Emperor shall retain his title and shall be respected as a for elgn monarch. Second The Emperor shall receive an annual grant of 4, 000,000 taela until the currency is re formed, after which bo shall receive 84,000,000 Mexican. Third A tempor ary residence shall be provided In the Forbidden City, and later the Imperial family shall reside in the Summer pal ace, 10 miles outside of Pekin. Fourth The Emperor may observe the sacri flees at his ancestral tombs and r Concluded on Page 2.) SHIPS a ) yMt c ) fa OFFICIALS FORGET TO TAX ESTACADA NO LEVY MADE FOR YEAR, CITY MUST USE RESERVE. . Neglect of Mayor and Council Causes $1500 Loss Saloon Licenses Relied Upon. ESTACADA. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) Residents of Estacada will pay no taxes for running expenses of the mu nicipality this year. No levy was made, the Mayor and City Council hav ing neglected to report their estimate and levy to the City Recorder, who. In turn, reports to the County Clerk, before December 31. Announcement that the levy had not been made came aa a surprise to the taxpayers. The Mayor and Council shared In the general consternation. There la no way of remedying the oversight, it is said, and now Estacada must depend upon the revenues from saloon licenses and on money on hand In the treasury to tide It over until next year. The city officials say they simply forgot to make the levy. Fortunately the city Is fairly well off aa regards finances. The running expenses, lights, police and salary of the City Recorder amount to only $1300 annually. There is still In the treasury about (1700 in the general fund available for city expenses and about $3000 In the road and sewer fund with about $400 not yet turned over to the city for last year's taxes. In addition the licenses of the two saloons expire In August and October and, as they are required to pay a year In advance, about $3000 more will be available this Summer. The assessed valuation of Estacada is about $300,000 and the city charter limits the tax levy for city expense to S mills. An amount not exceeding $1500 Is lost to the city through the failure of the Aldermen to make the levy In time. PERMITS TO WED 2 TAKEN Portland Man Then Uses Oregon City License, Returns Other. Augustus B. F. Orr, who gave his address as 203 Commercial block, on December 11, obtained two marriage licenses in each of which he figured as prospective bridegroom. One was taken out In Portland and the other at Oregon City. With the Oregon City permit as his authority County Judge Beatle, of Clackamas County, performed at Oregon City on the same date a cere mony which made Mary A. Burke the wife of Orr and they are now Bald to be living in this city. The Portland license, in which Bertha Balzer, whose address was given as 30 Milner building, was named as the bride-to-be, was returned to County Clerk Fields yesterday without expla nation save "Marriage ceremony not performed." J. N. Johnson signed as a witness for the Portland license, while Frank Schlegel, a Portland attorney, took the oath before the marriage license clerk at Oregon City that the prospective bride was past the legal age and that there was no legal impediment to the marriage. Mr. Schlegel said last night that "there was nothing the matter with the transaction." Orr Is a fraternal Insurance agent, and lives at 344 Salmon street, but could not be found yesterday. Mrs. E. F. Humason, sister of Miss Burke, who is visiting at the home of Mr. Orr, from Spokane, expressed entire Ignorance of the affair last night. SHINGLES SOAR IN PRICE Active Demand and Moderate Supply Cause Five-Cent Rise. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) As a result of an active demand for shingles and moderate supply, the price of stars has advanced 5 cents a thousand, putting the mill price at $1.40. The demand for shingles Is In creasing every day and the market is said to be in better shape than It has been In for several months. F. A. Traill, manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Manufacturers' Association, said today that In his opinion the markets for Washington red cedar shingles are broadening. He said a considerable demand for shingles has developed from Tennessee and that Kentucky and even the Carollnas are buying liberally. Mr. Traill expects 1913 to be a good year for the shingle Industry. KNOX IS OFF FOR SOUTH Exact Itinerary of Secretary of State Not Yet Arranged. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Secretary Knox left Washington tonight for Palm Beach, Fla., where he will remain about a week, and then embark on the armored cruiser Washington for Colon, to begin his diplomatic visit to Cen tral America, South America and the West Indies. The exact itinerary of the Secre tary's trip has not been arranged. The public will be Informally notified in the next few days of the plans of the Secretary of State. HALDANE WILL NOT TALK Real Object of War Secretary's Visit to Berlin Not Known. LONDON, Feb. 12. Viscount Hal dane. War Secretary, is steadfast in declining to discuss the objects of his visit to Berlin. He returned to London today. Public opinion is inclined to connect the bestowal of the unusual honor of the Garter Knighthood on Sir Edward Grey with, the Haldane mission. ji rr nipro m n lci mono IU CAST OUT LEPER Summit View Citizens Appeal to Officials. STRICKEN MAN TERRIFIES Parents Keep School Children Close at Home. TWO SAID TO BE EXPOSED Governor Hay and Representative In Congress Asked to Cause John Early's Removal at Once. Wife His Defender. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Government and state authori ties were appealed to today because of the presence of John R. Early, the ex-soldier who is believed to have con tracted leprosy in the Philippines, at Summit View, a Tacoma suburb. W. H. Paulhamus, State Senator, who represents the district in which Sum mit la located, sent telegrams to Stan ton Warburton, Representative In Con gress, at Washington, D. C urging the Government at once to take charge of Early and confine him In a suitable Institution, and to Governor M. E. Hay, of Washington, asking him to take up the matter with the Federal authori ties. Two Children Exposed. Dissension over the presence of Early arose so high today that par ents in the neighborhood would not permit their children to attend school. They said at least two children had been Indirectly exposed to the dis ease. These two pupils were sent home with instructions to visit the oounty physician and secure certifi cates. The children are Charles Wendt, brother of Claire Wendt, a 17-year-old girl who was employed to assist Mrs. Early In housework, and the lit tle daughter of William Blttner, who had worked for Early. County Commissioner Martin visited Summit View today and made an ad dress at the railway station, saying every precaution had been taken an that Early and his family had a right to live. The Board will take formal action Thursday and hear the pro tests. The county will send lumber to Sum mit View tomorrow and several work men, who will construct a three-room cottage for the leper, 300 feet from the home where his wife, mother-in-law and children will live. Around it will be a double wire fence, inclosing one acre, and Early will be kept inside the inclosure. Neighbors Fear to Converse. "Even If my husband did have It, there would be no danger of con tagion," said Mrs. Early today. "He has been very, very careful. It makes me feel terrible to think that all of these people who used to be such good friends have suddenly turned against us. Why, they run past our house when they go by. They don't want to even speak to us, now, and not one of them can say that he ever came in contact with my husband or with any thing my husband ever touched. "We don't know whether or not John has it. We hope to God that he haa not. But whether or not he has, it is most inhuman and unchristian for them to treat us as they now co. GOVERNOR HAY ORDERS ACTION Secretary of Board of Health Is In structed to Investigate. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) Governor Hay has telegraphed instruction to Dr. Eugene N. Kelly, secretary of the State Board of Health, to act at once in the case of John R. Early, the leper, found to be living at Summit, Just outside of the city limits of Tacoma. The victim of the disease which he contracted while serving as a soldier In the Philippines, has secured a small tract of land and has fenced a part of it off for himself. He was living quietly with his family near at hand. when his identity was discovered and the neighbors have appealed to Gov ernor Hay to act and he has instructed the State Board of Health to handle the case. The Government is ex pected to dispose of the matter with in a short time. RICH BROTHERS STRANGERS Frank Rockefeller Says He Hasn't Spoken to John D. in 12 Years. CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 12. "How much does your brother John D. pay his chauffeurs?" an attorney asked Frank Rockefeller in Municipal Court today. I don't know," answered Mr. Rocke feller. "He and I have not spoken to each other for 12 years." Mr. Rockefeller had appeared in court to fight a suit for $63 brought by his chauffeur. The defendant was testify ing that 20 automobile owners in his family paid their chauffeurs only $60 a month, when the attorney interrupted with his question about John D. Rocke feller. A judgment for $44.29 was given the chauffeur. Mr. Rockefeller an nounced that he would appeal. UP, p. V